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georgekoorsiv
Mar 280 min read


georgekoorsiv
Mar 280 min read


georgekoorsiv
Mar 280 min read


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Mar 100 min read


georgekoorsiv
Mar 100 min read


georgekoorsiv
Feb 140 min read


georgekoorsiv
Feb 140 min read


georgekoorsiv
Feb 140 min read


Let's Talk About Assia Djebar's Fantasia An Algerian Cavalcade
A deep dive into Assia Djebar's Fantasia an Algerian Cavalcade: memoir, colonial history, the orientalist canon, and much more. This...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 271 min read


georgekoorsiv
Jan 170 min read


Let's Talk About Leo Tolstoy's War And Peace
A deep dive into Leo Tolstoy's War And Peace: duty, history, nature writing, and so much more! Recommended Readings: Imagined Communities...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 131 min read


Let's Talk About James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
A deep dive into James Joyce's Finnegans Wake: can I demystify the text for you? This video has two parts: Part 1 about how to approach...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 131 min read


So You Want To Get Into German Literature? Start Here: Advice From A Novelist
A deep dive into German Literature and many novel suggestions for the curious reader. And please join me in asking publishers to publish...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 131 min read


Let's Talk About Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing
A deep dive into Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing: coming-of-age road-novel elements, a deeply political commentary on American...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 131 min read


The Greatest Books Of All Time (According To The Internet)
A deep dive into the Greatest Books List put out by the wonderful folks at https://thegreatestbooks.org/ What do you think about this...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 131 min read


Help Me Fight Literary Gatekeeping (Let's Make Arno Schmidt's Zettels Traum More Accessible!)
Sign the petition here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uxHKZ4VDZ9wRDhCzrX7VRoYGWnIukqFHp5TYVvXOGh8/edit?usp=sharing Gatekeeping is...
georgekoorsiv
Jan 131 min read


Let's Talk About Jacqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men
A deep dive into Jacqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men: confinement, loss of culture, perseverance, and so much more....
georgekoorsiv
Dec 3, 20241 min read


Let's Talk About Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
A deep dive into Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) which celebrates its 100th anniversary in November 2024:...
georgekoorsiv
Dec 3, 20241 min read


Let's Talk About Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra
A deep dive into Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra: medievalism vs enlightenment, mythos retellings, surrealism, and so much more. Recommended...
georgekoorsiv
Nov 20, 20241 min read


Let's Talk About Magda Szabó's Katalin Street
A deep dive into Magda Szabó's Katalin Street: literary ghosts, guilt, the complexities of memory, and so much more. Recommended Texts:...
georgekoorsiv
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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